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A.1017 | EcoArt 2002
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Name: A.1017
Reference: EcoArt 2002
Description: This shrub fen alliance is found in the western Great Lakes region. It is dominated by low shrubs, sometimes with greater than 60% cover. Graminoids less than 1 m tall and mosses make up the remainder of the vegetation. The most abundant shrubs are ~Chamaedaphne calyculata, Myrica gale, Dasiphora fruticosa ssp. floribunda (= Pentaphylloides floribunda)$, and sometimes ~Salix$ spp. Typical herbaceous species include ~Calamagrostis canadensis, Carex aquatilis, Carex lasiocarpa$, and ~Carex rostrata$. ~Sphagnum$ spp. are common but not as abundant as in poorer shrub fens. ^This alliance is found on lakeshores and streamsides where wave action is limited. It occurs on peat. The ground is saturated for at least part of the growing season, although this alliance is somewhat drier than most other shrub fens. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.789.A1017
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 26-Nov-1997 to: 17-Mar-2005
     
  • status: accepted
  • Community's Parent: III.B.2.N.g
  • This Community's Level: Alliance
  • This Community's Children: [none]
Names:   Scientific: DASIPHORA FRUTICOSA SSP. FLORIBUNDA - MYRICA GALE - (CAREX LASIOCARPA) SATURATED SHRUBLAND ALLIANCE
  Code: A.1017
  Common: Shrubby-cinquefoil - Sweet Gale - (Wiregrass Sedge) Saturated Shrubland Alliance
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(undetermined) Dasiphora fruticosa ssp. floribunda - Myrica gale - (Carex lasiocarpa) Saturated Shrubland Alliance